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1.  [noun, loanword, Pali]
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power; force; strength; violence; military force
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| examples | พลการ  | phaH laH gaanM | violent; destructive; violence |
| โดยพลการ | dooyM phaH laH gaanM | arbitrarily; without authorization from one's superior |
| พลการ | phaH laH gaanM | force, strength |
| พลศาสตร์ | phohnM laH saat[dr]L | [the science of] dynamics |
| พลศึกษา | phaH laH seukL saaR | physical education; gymnastics |
| อิทธิพล | itL thiH phohnM | influence; effect |
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2. [noun, loanword, Pali]
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troops; soldiers; forces; plebes
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| examples | ถือพล | theuuR phohnM | [military] to command troops |
| พลทหาร | phohnM thaH haanR | enlisted soldier; low member of military or police force |
| พลพาย | phohnM laH phaayM | rower; oarsman |
| พลรบ | phohnM rohpH | combatants |
| พลร่ม | phohnM rohmF | parachute soldier, a paratrooper |
| พลร่ม | phohnM rohmF | unregistered voters brought in to vote |
| พลเรือน | phohnM laH reuuanM | civilians |
| ยกพล | yohkH phohnM | to dispatch or advance or move the army or troops |
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3. [noun, proper noun, person, loanword, Pali]
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low member of military or police force
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4. [noun, proper noun, person, loanword, Pali]
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general; General [military rank]
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| examples | ขุนพล | khoonR phohnM | warlord |
| จอมพล | jaawmM phohnM | army field marshal; general |
| ตูดปอดยอดขุนพล | dtuutL bpaawtL yaawtF khoonR phohnM | [conversational version of ก้นปอดยอดขุนพล] |
| นายพล | naayM phohnM | [rank] general |
| พลจัตวา | phohnM jatL dtaL waaM | one-star general |
| พลตรี | phohnM dtreeM | two-star general; major general |
| พลตำรวจ | phohnM dtamM ruaatL | policeman |
| พลตำรวจตรี | phohnM dtamM ruaatL dtreeM | third-ranking police officer |
| พลตำรวจโท | phohnM dtamM ruaatL thohM | 2nd-ranking police officer |
| พลตำรวจเอก | phohnM dtamM ruaatL aehkL | Police General; highest-ranking police officer |
| พลโท | phohnM thohM | three-star general; lieutenant general |
| พลเรือตรี | phohnM reuuaM dtreeM | a rear admiral |
| พลเรือโท | phohnM reuuaM thohM | a vice admiral |
| พลเรือเอก | phohnM reuuaM aehkL | admiral; highest-ranking naval officer |
| พลอากาศตรี | phohnM aaM gaatL dtreeM | air force officer of third highest rank |
| พลอากาศโท | phohnM aaM gaatL thohM | air force officer of second-highest rank |
| พลอากาศเอก | phohnM aaM gaatL aehkL | air force officer of the highest rank |
| พลเอก | phohnM aehkL | four star general, army or police general |
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sentence | ก้นปอดยอดขุนพลgohnF bpaawtL yaawtF khoonR phohnM[colloquial Thai adage] "A man with lean buttocks will excel in bed." |
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5. [adjective, loanword, Pali]
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mediocre; indifferent; ordinary
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| examples | พลเมือง | phohnM laH meuuangM | a citizen; an inhabitant; people; population |
| พลโลก | phohnM laH lohkF | citizens of the world |
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